EEOC v. George Washington Univ. (D.D.C. June 26, 2020)
Key Insight: Under FRE 502(d), inadvertent disclosures do not result in a waiver of privilege. While this rule can be utilized to reduce costs of pre-production privilege review, a party cannot be forced to engage in a discovery process that would likely result in the production of privileged documents.
Nature of Case: Employment Discrimination, Equal Pay, Title VII
Electronic Data Involved: Email